Like a Diamond in the Sky
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Deen and his partner in crime, AJ, ride high on acid and amphetamines, philosophize in the university canteen, party in a politician's posh pad and contemplate God at a roadside tea stall. From Maria, a chemically imbalanced diva, to a rickshaw-walla who reflects on the importance of positive energy, to a group of fakirs who sing about love, and a detective who has his own take on addiction, the characters in Shazia Omar's debut novel crackle with life. They represent the despair, hopes and aspirations of a generation struggling to survive in the harsh realities of life in modern Dhaka. Hard-hitting and intensely moving, this is an extraordinary novel, and one that is destined to launch Omar as a major contemporary voice from South Asia.
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Like a Diamond in the Sky, Shazia Omar
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2009
- Reliure
- (souple)
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- Titre
- Like a Diamond in the Sky
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Shazia Omar
- Éditeur
- Zubaan
- Publié
- 2009
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 252
- ISBN10
- 818988414X
- ISBN13
- 9788189884147
- Séries
- Catégories
- Mots clés
- Littérature contemporaine, Bangladesh
- Description
- Deen and his partner in crime, AJ, ride high on acid and amphetamines, philosophize in the university canteen, party in a politician's posh pad and contemplate God at a roadside tea stall. From Maria, a chemically imbalanced diva, to a rickshaw-walla who reflects on the importance of positive energy, to a group of fakirs who sing about love, and a detective who has his own take on addiction, the characters in Shazia Omar's debut novel crackle with life. They represent the despair, hopes and aspirations of a generation struggling to survive in the harsh realities of life in modern Dhaka. Hard-hitting and intensely moving, this is an extraordinary novel, and one that is destined to launch Omar as a major contemporary voice from South Asia.